The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-06-30
OBITUARY.
A. A. Talmage, General Manager of the Wa
g. bash Railway.

A. n. Talmage, General Manager OF the wa
e. bash Railway.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal
PERU, Ind, June 30 The death of A. A. Tai
mage general manager of the Wabash railway
which occurred in this city. last night, at 1880
created profound i'm preston, especially amongst
railroad mon. Mr.. Talmage left ST. Louis yes
terday morning in such weak condition as to
render aid necessary to enter his Upon ar
rival here his condition grew alarmingy
tracked where he died in a few moments He
was ACCOMPANIED by his wife and two physicians
from St. Louis, and was on his way to Toledo to
join Messrs. Rev notds in a yacht cruise of some
duration about Lake Erie, in hopes of beneftng
his health. The cause of death was Brights dis
ease, coupled with aggravated case of dyson
terv. The body prepared and taken to St
Louis by special train at | O'Clock this morning.
ST LOUIS, June 29.-T6e remains of Col. A.
A. Talmage arrived In this city at o'clock this
morning. and were met a the Union depot by
bis son. G. H. Talmage; c. N. Hays, assistant
general manager. and other officials of the Wa
bash Western. The body was taken to the Tai
mage residence No. 1861 Washington avenue.
Arrangements for the funeral made the
,bsequies being set for 10 o'clock Saturday
morning
Archibald Alexander Talmage was born in
Warren county. New Jersey, April 25, 1884, of
Scotch English parentage. His father being a
clergyman he was reared amidst cultured edu-
rated people, but received only a rudimentary
education. At the age of fifteen he left home,
and engaged as a clerk in the country store at
Goshen, N. Y, where he remained three years.
He left the yard-stick and scoop to become a
clerk in the freight department. of the New York
& Erie railroad, from where he went to a whole
sale hardware house in New York city.
This did not suit him, so in 1853
he went to Chicago and again engaged
in the railroad business as freight clerk with the
Michigan Southern railroad. From here he
transferred to Toledo, where he remained until
1885, the last two years trainmaster, having
control of all the employees at that place. At the
age of twenty five Mr.. Talmage removed to St.
Louis, and engaged a conductor on the Terre
Haute. Alton g. st. Louis railroad where he
displayed the same energy. judgment, force of
character and tact that characterized his later
management. In April, 1864, be became super
intendent of the road between East st. Louis
and Terre Haute: resigned the position In Octo-
Der of the same year to become manager of all
military roads, controlled by the government.
east and south of Chattanooga. Within thirty
days he appointed superintendent of the
same lines. remaining in charge until the close
of the He then assumed the superin-
tendence of the East Tennessee & Georgia rail-
road, where he remained until the fall of 1868,
when he resumed the assistant superin tendency
of the Terre Haute. Alton 81 St. Louis. His sphere
of action transferred to the west side of the
Mississippi in March, 1871 when he became gen.
eral superintendent of what then known
the Atlantic e. Pacfc-now the '"Frisco line
ana in December of the same year the general
management of the Missouri Pacific in
trusted to him. with it's six thousand miles OF
track. Since then he had been connected with
the Gould lines Mr.. Talmage well-known
in this city.